Closed thoracic cavity lavage in the treatment of severe hypothermia in human beings.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether physicians blinded to the serum potassium level can predict hyperkalemia (potassium concentration of more than 5.0 mmol/L) from the ECG. DESIGN:ECGs of patients at high risk for hyperkalemia were interpreted retrospectively by two physicians blinded not only to the specific clinica...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wrenn KD,Slovis CM,Slovis BS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if intramedullary aspirate from intraosseous needle placement can be used as a source for evaluating blood compatibility. DESIGN:A prospective, nonrandomized, crossover study. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:Patients admitted to the hematology/oncology service undergoing bone marrow aspiration for m...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Brickman KR,Krupp K,Rega P,Alexander J,Guinness M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insurance market is evolving, with increased emphasis on plans with high deductibles and a large degree of coinsurance. This article serves as an introduction to the defining characteristics of consumer-driven health care plans and their associated health savings accounts. We discuss the most recent evidence on th...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： McConnell KJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The use of nonprescription cough and cold medicines is widespread, but their use has been sporadically associated with severe toxicity and death. We evaluate the role of these medications in pediatric fatalities and identified factors that contributed to the death. METHODS:Fatalities that involved a ch...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Dart RC,Paul IM,Bond GR,Winston DC,Manoguerra AS,Palmer RB,Kauffman RE,Banner W,Green JL,Rumack BH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Situated in the heart of Europe, Switzerland's 7 million inhabitants, including 1 million foreigners, live in an area of 41,000 km2. German, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romanic are the official languages. The Swiss health service stands out because of the high quality and efficiency of its ambulatory and hospitalized ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Osterwalder JJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Hospital-based emergency departments (EDs) are the gateway to hospital admissions for many Americans. Approximately half of all US hospital admissions originate from EDs, and more than 3 in 4 are among Medicare beneficiaries. Recent literature has demonstrated nearly 2-fold variation in both physician- ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Caines K,Shoff C,Bott DM,Pines JM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colchicine overdose is an uncommon but serious problem that may be missed or ignored unless the physician is aware of the significant potential for, and the various stages of, toxicity. We report two fatal cases in which the potential for lethal complications was not initially realized. Both patients developed multipl...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Stapczynski JS,Rothstein RJ,Gaye WA,Niemann JT

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal decontamination has been practiced for hundreds of years; however, only in the past few years have data emerged that demonstrate a clinical benefit in some patients. Because most potentially toxic ingestions involve agents that are not toxic in the quantity consumed, the exact circumstances in which d...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Bond GR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venomous bites and stings are numerous but severe local tissue damage is uncommon. Venoms may be simple substances or complex mixtures of many poorly characterized components whose interactions are still not fully understood. The best studied example of a dermonecrotic venom is that produced by the brown recluse spide...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wasserman GS

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive hemoptysis is an uncommon but life-threatening emergency. The loss of at least 600 mL of blood within a 48-hour period has been associated with a high mortality rate. Initial stabilization including airway and ventilation management, IV fluids, oxygen, and laboratory and radiographic studies should be done in ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Rudzinski JP,delCastillo J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We characterize repeat pediatric emergency department visits and determine the cause for such visits as an indicator of potential need for quality improvement. We hypothesized that most repeat ED visits resulting in hospitalization do not represent medical errors. METHODS:The study was performed at a l...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Depiero AD,Ochsenschlager DW,Chamberlain JM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:In patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an initial diagnostic impression of noncardiac chest pain, we determine the 30-day incidence of adverse cardiac events and characteristics associated with those events. METHODS:The multicenter, prospectively collected Internet Tracking Regist...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Miller CD,Lindsell CJ,Khandelwal S,Chandra A,Pollack CV,Tiffany BR,Hollander JE,Gibler WB,Hoekstra JW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We describe and analyze the effectiveness and safety of etomidate for procedural sedation and evaluate the patient's perspective on effectiveness, side effects, and satisfaction. METHODS:We conducted an observational retrospective study of all patients who received etomidate for procedural sedation ove...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Vinson DR,Bradbury DR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that a complete and rapid clinical history can be obtained using a self-administered, bilingual questionnaire. DESIGN:A post-test experimental design was used to evaluate time spent obtaining the history and information completeness for the two groups. SETTING:Urban county emergency dep...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Nasr I,Cordero M,Houmes B,Fagan J,Rydman R,Green C

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Emergency department records are an important source of injury surveillance data. However, documentation regarding intentional assault has not been studied and may be suboptimal. The purpose of this study was to analyze physician documentation of assailant, site, and object used in intentional assault. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Houry D,Feldhaus KM,Nyquist SR,Abbott J,Pons PT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[Salomon B: Emergency department fugue. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:412-413]. ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Salomon B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential for cardiovascular toxicity from severe oral phenytoin overdose. STUDY POPULATION:Fifty-seven patients admitted during a two-year period to an inner-city hospital for severe oral phenytoin overdose, which is defined as a peak level of 40 micrograms/mL or more. METHODS:Case re...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Wyte CD,Berk WA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of the charts of all critically ill patients visiting our pediatric emergency department over an 18-month period was conducted to determine age, diagnosis, time of presentation to the pediatric ED, Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) and Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) score, and eve...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Kissoon N,Walia MS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to characterize hospital and patient characteristics associated with administration of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients in the United States. METHODS:This retrospective, observational, cohort study used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, an administrative ...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Schumacher HC,Bateman BT,Boden-Albala B,Berman MF,Mohr JP,Sacco RL,Pile-Spellman J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the sensitivity, specificity, and clinical utility of the Gram's stain of peritoneal fluid in patients undergoing paracentesis. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective chart review of all peritoneal fluid analyses in a 3-year period in an urban 3-hospital system. Peritoneal dialysis and diagn...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chinnock B,Fox C,Hendey GW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ingestion of iron-containing products is a potential toxicologic emergency. The total iron binding capacity (TIBC) has been used widely as a predictor of end-organ toxicity and a guide to the need for deferoxamine therapy. When the TIBC is greater than the serum iron concentration (SIC), it is held that no free ir...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Siff JE,Meldon SW,Tomassoni AJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of early fluid resuscitation on the rate, volume, and duration of hemorrhage using a sheep model of uncontrolled pulmonary vascular hemorrhage. METHODS:Sixteen adult sheep were anesthetized and fitted with catheters to measure systemic and pulmonary artery pressures. A branch o...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sakles JC,Sena MJ,Knight DA,Davis JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Urinary catheters are often placed in the emergency department (ED) and are associated with an increased safety risk for hospitalized patients. We evaluate the effect of an intervention to reduce unnecessary placement of urinary catheters in the ED. METHODS:Eighteen EDs from 1 health system underwent t...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Fakih MG,Heavens M,Grotemeyer J,Szpunar SM,Groves C,Hendrich A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Patients who leave before being seen by a physician represent a significant problem for many emergency departments (EDs). We sought to determine the effect of a new ED rapid entry and accelerated care at triage (REACT) process on the frequency of patients who leave before being seen. METHODS:We conduct...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Chan TC,Killeen JP,Kelly D,Guss DA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Previous studies have indicated a number of barriers to screening for domestic violence (DV) in an emergency department setting. These barriers result in inconsistencies which determine who is screened as well as the content and quality of the information obtained, and if uncontrolled they are likely to...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Furbee PM,Sikora R,Williams JM,Derk SJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:We determine the accuracy of an age-adjusted D-dimer threshold to detect pulmonary embolism in emergency department (ED) patients older than 50 years and describe current ED practices when evaluating possible pulmonary embolism. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of ED encounters for suspected pulm...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Sharp AL,Vinson DR,Alamshaw F,Handler J,Gould MK

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Measurement of interval data is important in the accurate recording of events that occur in an emergency medical services system. Measurement of intervals should be a simple task. However, when two separate clocks are needed to record the beginning and end of an interval, accurate measurement may be dif...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Campbell JP,Gridley TS,Muelleman RL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abdominal ultrasound can be used routinely as the primary screening test to identify the need for laparotomy in trauma patients. METHODS:Ultrasound was used at a Level II trauma center as a primary screening test for evaluation of intraabdominal injury. We reviewed the charts of al...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Porter RS,Nester BA,Dalsey WC,O'Mara M,Gleeson T,Pennell R,Beyer FC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials, which aim to determine the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical devices, are a complex enterprise with myriad challenges, stakeholders, and traditions. Although the primary goal is scientific discovery, clinical trials must also fulfill regulatory, clinical, and ethical requirements. In...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Meurer WJ,Lewis RJ,Tagle D,Fetters MD,Legocki L,Berry S,Connor J,Durkalski V,Elm J,Zhao W,Frederiksen S,Silbergleit R,Palesch Y,Berry DA,Barsan WG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an X-linked inherited disease and the most common inborn error in urea synthesis in human patients. In adult heterozygous patients, OTCD can be responsible for life-threatening hyperammonemic coma. We report the case of a 32-year-old woman admitted to our hospital with s...

journal_title：Annals of emergency medicine

authors： Gaspari R,Arcangeli A,Mensi S,Wismayer DS,Tartaglione T,Antuzzi D,Conti G,Proietti R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00